South Dunedin hub site announcement

Thirty years since the community asked for it and 18 months
since the establishment of a pop-up library/community hub,
it is indeed great news that a site has been secured for a
permanent home for the South Dunedin community hub, Dunedin
South MP Clare Curran said today.

The community has
been clear that it wanted a site close to the centre of
South Dunedin, with access from the main street and the
proposed complex on the corner of King Edward Street and
Macandrew Road acknowledges this wish. It has both car parks
and access to the bus service, which will be welcome, she
said.

It has taken almost 30 years but the community
can now finally focus on the services and facilities to be
provided within the facility. The plan is to use about
1100m2 of the site for the library and the community
complex. Suggestions from the community have included a
library, internet access, youth hub, community meeting
rooms, public toilets, a DCC service centre and a space for
community agencies. Also options for other services like
postal and banking have been noted.

We now wait for
Council to produce a concept design to progress the
community discussion further.

My hope is that the
Dunedin City Council has budgeted for a community hub that
demonstrates its ongoing commitment to this essential part
of Dunedin, Clare Curran said.

I applaud the work
done by staff to secure this excellent site. Let the work
begin

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